Major discussion threads include:

• Roles and responsibilities and preparedness challenges
• Domestic preparedness resources and how to leverage them for your community
• Homeland Security Strategic Planning as it relates to risk and needs assessment and the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for your jurisdiction
• Executive-level incident response and recovery considerations, including medical/public health, situational appraisal, incident management (ICS), mutual aid agreements, media relations, recovery and restoration processes, Federal assistance, and business/economic recovery

This workshop is intended for an audience of elected and appointed senior officials from a local jurisdiction, but may also include executives from other community entities, both public and private, that are likely to be involved in a disaster response. These include:

• Directors of local response agencies
• Chiefs of departments: fire, law, EMS, HazMat, public works, water, public health, health care, emergency management, governmental administrative disciplines/services
• Public Information Officers
• Resident Federal agency representatives (FBI, BATF, Secret Service, FEMA, TSA)
• CEOs of hospitals, college and university representatives, school district superintendents
• Airport and port facility managers
• DoD installation commanders and representatives
• Stadium and sports facility managers and directors of security

Additional information can be obtained at the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) at the Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX), Texas A&M University System. Contact Mr. Rick Comley at (979) 458-8191 or richard.comley@teexmail.tamu.edu.